NJ senators to try again on insurance exchange

A state Senate committee is scheduled to discuss the matter Monday. The exchanges are intended to give uninsured people a way to buy private health insurance

Gov. Chris Christie has been reticent to support the measure. He vetoed a health insurance exchange bill in May, saying he wanted to wait to see if the U.S. Supreme Court found the law, often referred to as “Obamacare,” to be constitutional.

The court eventually upheld most of the law.

In July, Christie said he wanted to consider all the state’s options, including letting the federal government set up New Jersey’s exchange.